What are the 7 churches in the Bible?
Description. According to Revelation 1:11, on the Greek island of Patmos, Jesus Christ instructs John of Patmos to: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
I pray the blessing of God upon each reader; and may illumination by the Spirit of God be each one’s special portion.
The Revelation, given to John, concerning the Seven Ages, begins with the Revelation of HIM (our Lord Jesus Christ – Revelation 1:1-20) , who is revealed Through the Messenger of each Age. In each Age a fecet of His glory and character is revealed. Beginning with the first Age wherein He is revealed as the Almighty, holding the Seven Stars (Messengers) in His Right hand of power and walking in the midst of His church (Revelation 2:1); till finally in the last Age He is revealed as “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the beginning of the Creation of God (Revelation 3:14).
3. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein for the time is at hand.
4. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from Him Which Is, and Which Was, Which Is To Come; and from the seven Spirits Which are before His throne;
5. And from Jesus Christ, Who is the Faithful Witness, an the First Begotten Of The Dead, and the Prince of the Kings of the Earth. Unto Him That loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
8. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending saith the Lord Which Is, and Which Was, and Which Is To Come, the Almighty.
9. I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the Word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
15. And His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice as the sound of many waters.
16. And He had in His, right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged Sword and His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead, And He laid His right hand upon me, saving unto me, Fear not; I am the First and the Last:
18. I am He That liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19. Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
To The Seven Church Ages
Sources:http://www.williambranhamhomepage.org/defages.htm
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